Caribbean Beat - March/April 2014

ISSUE NO. 126

March/April - 2014

EMBARK: CARIBBEAN DATEBOOK Events around the Caribbean in March and April • WORD OF MOUTH (MARCH/APRIL 2014)Discover the joys of partying in the cricket stands, and the significance of Trinidad’s spicy pichakaree music • RETRO CHIC Bahamian designer Theodore Elyett offers retro flair to contemporary women • NO HORSING AROUND What is Segway polo, and how did a makeshift Bajan team become world champs? Austin Fido finds out • CARIBBEAN BOOKSHELF This month’s reading picks, from new fiction to seafaring tales • IMMERSE: FLYING LESSONS when writer and teacher Debbie Jacob volunteered to teach English classes at Trinidad and Tobago’s juvenile detention facility, she had no idea how hard the challenge would turn out to be — or how rewarding. Now she hopes her book about the experience will inspire others to reconsider the fate of young offenders. Erline Andrews finds out more